Indestructible toy train



R. E. BLOOMFIELD. INDESTRUCTIBLE TOY TRAIN.

A PPLICATION FILED JUNE 8. 1920.

Patented Dec. 6, 1921.

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umreo STATES ROBERT EDWARD BLOOMFIELD, OF BAGDAD, FLORIDA.

INDEST'RUCTIBLE TOY TRAIN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 6, 1921.

Application filed June 8, 1920. Serial No. 387,309.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT EDWARD BLOOMFIELD, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Bagdad, in the county of Rosa and State ofFlorida, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inIndestructible Toy Trains, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates generally to toys and more particularly totoytrains or toy railway cars which are movable to the extent that theyare drawn across a supporting surface in use. It is common to make suchtoys of cast iron and sheet metal and they are also formed of woodthough this latter is not a common construction and, where used, is opento the same objection as sheet metal and cast iron from the fact thatthe wood is perforated at window and door openings and otherwiseweakened to a point of ready breakage. The metal construction isparticularly objectionable in that when bent or broken it usuallyprovides sharp edges capable of cutting and possibly maimin children atplay.

t is the object of my invention to provide a practically indestructibletoy train or railway car from a single piece of wood, which may be boredlengthwise for saving in weight, and which is otherwise of solidconstruction, with practically smooth unbroken sides although contouredat the top so that by means of side decorations as for instance byprinting on the sides of the wooden blocks, the representation of thecar may be made unmistakable.

In the accompanying drawings illustrat ing my present invention andforming a part of this specification,

Figure 1 is a side view of a toy locomotive constructed in accordancewith my invention,

Fig. 2 is a side view of a toy railway coach, without movable wheels,

Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the application of wheels,

F Fig. 1 is a cross section on line 4.-4 of Fig. 5 is a front view ofthe toy locomotive, and

Fig. 6 is a cross section on line 66 of Fig. 3.

Referring now to these figures and particularly to Figs. 1 and 2 I haveshown a toy locomotive and a toy coach respectively at 10 and 11, eachformed of a block of wood whose upper portion may be contoured, as at 12in connection with the locomotive 10 and 13 in connection with the coach11, as

particularly seen in Figs. 1 and 5, so that in connection withrepresentations as indicated at 14; and 15 on the sides of the block, asfor instance by printing, identification will be unmistakable. ablycarried out only to such an extent as will render this identificationcomplete, and while I have shown the toy locomotive 10 of Figs. 1 and 5provided with attached portions 16, 17, 18 and 19 respectivelyrepresenting a smoke stack, sand box, dome and headliglilt, theseattached parts may be dispensed wit In any event the sides of the blockare left as nearly flat as possible and are entirely unbrokenparticularly in Figs. 1 and 2 where the toys are adapted to slide byvirtue of flat bases 20, upon the floor or other supporting surface andhave inclined surfaces The contouring is prefer- 21 at one or both endsof their flat bases to facilitate passage over small obstacles.

As in Figs. land 2 the representations upon the sides of the blockinclude representations of wheels which are not mechanically present,but I may utilize small solid wheels 22 as in Figs. 3 and 6 disposedwithin side recesses 23 of the block and upon the opposite ends of axles24 extending through bores connecting the said recesses 23, the

wheels 22 being disposed with their outer surfaces flush with the blocksides and with but very small portions of their peripheries projectingbelow the flat base of the block so as to be thus unlikely in a highdegree to breakage.-

In each instance of construction as previously described, the body ofthe block whose form is generally rectangular, may be lengthwise boredas at 25 for saving in weight, but if this is done the block isotherwise a solid integral piece with its walls remaining of sufiicientthickness to avoid danger of fracture.

In this way I propose a safe durable toy which is capable of roughhandling in childrens hands without dangerous consequences.

I claim: 1 h

A movable toy consisting of a substantiall solid rectangular body formedof a sing e piece of material having substantially flat sides providedwith lower recesses and transverse bores connecting the recesses,

Wheel axles extendln through the bores and 10 terminating flush with theside faces, and Wheels on the axles whose upper portions are disposedWholly Within the said recesses and Whose outer sides are Wholly exposedflush with the body side faces. 7 I

- ROBERT EDWARD BLOOMFIELD.

